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The Presidential Dinner That Scandalized America
The Presidential Dinner That Scandalized America
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31 minutes
Released:
Mar 5, 2020
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Breaking bread with your fellow humans has long been acknowledged as fantastic, wholesome way to bond with people outside of social conventions, economic status and so on -- but when Teddy Roosevelt invited Booker T. Washington to dinner at the White House, people across the the United States lost their collective minds. The idea that the activist and the president would dine together drove racists mad, and some activists in Booker's community accused him of being a sell-out. Tune in to learn how two guys grabbing some nosh scandalized America at the time -- but eventually pushed the nation in a better direction.
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Released:
Mar 5, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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